The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
A dark veil of respite covers your face;
Tears seep through your hands of evil,
Shadows enclose across your celestial eyes,
The nemesis of blinding light,
Cast by perplex outcasts of witchcraft.
A condition of day fading into night,
Devastation of a dubious kind,
Deception burns the decay,
From a tapestry telling a story of woe
A sacramental disgrace, a talisman of disorder,
Held high by a hero of injustice,
A dark order of annihilation, dwarfed by fear,
And knights of the darkness suffer for us,
To protect us from the inevitable doom of night,
And thoughts of sin creep through my mind,
Screams of horror break the silence of the vile excuse,
That clouds the minds of all deemed wise and powerful,
Until they are little more then the pitiful harlequin of cowardice
Hide in the shadows until you are protected by the light,
With sunrise brings more false hope,
And is believed and beloved by all through equivocation,
And falsehood spoken by an Angel,
Who brandishes a halo long gone rusty,
And wields a tyrannical commanding voice.
Whilst a purge of all sinister blame,
That falls upon the shoulder of the innocent,
And suffer at the hands of unjust predominance
A divine excuse for a devil to live,
Unchecked by all who wish for abomination,
Yet no excuse for a separatist deformity,
A defame trinity of blaspheme, abortion, and filth.
I am the priest of your maiming, your sad reason,
A defiance of disgraceful dishonour and deception,
No more reason for self-control or reasons untold,
Thy antagonist of the warriors of Eden,
And a mannequin of all that I embrace.
Tears seep through your hands of evil,
Shadows enclose across your celestial eyes,
The nemesis of blinding light,
Cast by perplex outcasts of witchcraft.
A condition of day fading into night,
Devastation of a dubious kind,
Deception burns the decay,
From a tapestry telling a story of woe
A sacramental disgrace, a talisman of disorder,
Held high by a hero of injustice,
A dark order of annihilation, dwarfed by fear,
And knights of the darkness suffer for us,
To protect us from the inevitable doom of night,
And thoughts of sin creep through my mind,
Screams of horror break the silence of the vile excuse,
That clouds the minds of all deemed wise and powerful,
Until they are little more then the pitiful harlequin of cowardice
Hide in the shadows until you are protected by the light,
With sunrise brings more false hope,
And is believed and beloved by all through equivocation,
And falsehood spoken by an Angel,
Who brandishes a halo long gone rusty,
And wields a tyrannical commanding voice.
Whilst a purge of all sinister blame,
That falls upon the shoulder of the innocent,
And suffer at the hands of unjust predominance
A divine excuse for a devil to live,
Unchecked by all who wish for abomination,
Yet no excuse for a separatist deformity,
A defame trinity of blaspheme, abortion, and filth.
I am the priest of your maiming, your sad reason,
A defiance of disgraceful dishonour and deception,
No more reason for self-control or reasons untold,
Thy antagonist of the warriors of Eden,
And a mannequin of all that I embrace.
Lyrics submitted by the_haunted_angel
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OK, Haunted Angel. There site is not running, it is being remade. I read interviews from Mick Thomson and he said they wont start writing until november this year. Metal Hammer probably faked the review. Show me one official Slipknot website and I will believe you.
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if u guys read my comment on enemy of the church this is a follow up.
if IFF! slipknot DID write all of these peice of shit songs, then they would be done with their new album already and we'd be hearing the songs everywhere.
but they didnt so give it a fucking rest haunted angel
what he said
all of you knot fans who want real info on the knot should go to some websites listed below blackgoat.com/slipknot1.com/roadrunnerrecords.com the haunted angel is a fag muffin
those are all sperate websites